Faux Pas For SEO

One dictionary states that the term faux pas means “an embarrassing or tactless act or remark in a social situation.” Coming from the French word literally translating to ‘false step,’ the expression has been used in English conversations for over three centuries — in speeches as well as on the Internet. And in the world of SEO, or search engine optimization, faux pas are alive and well. From Utah to the East Coast, here are some practices in the SEO industry that are considered very serious faux pas.

First of all, this type of online marketing strategy is unfair and it is tacky. This is when content producers cheat by hiding links or text on their pages. They do this by using the same text color as the background. Search engines penalize hard for this and it’s not good SEO. Period.

In the SEO world, about the only thing more obnoxious than an indestructible woodpecker on your headboard at four in the morning is keyword stuffing. Readers don’t like reading paragraphs where keywords are blatantly repeated three or four times to meet Google’s keyword requirements.

Sometimes writers will use common misspellings of words because that’s what users type into the search bar. However, this is pretty unprofessional and there are better ways to reach those users (however spelling bee challenged they might be).

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